Posts Tagged ‘Yahoo!’

Search Engines Celebrate Space Pioneer

12, Apr 2011

It is fifty years since Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was strapped into the cockpit of Vostok I and launched into space. On his return, the cosmonaut was made a Hero of the Soviet Union and gained worldwide fame and adoration. To mark Gagarin’s pioneering flight, the major search engines have commissioned logos and backdrops to help [...]

Top Technology Firms Join the Fight for Net Neutrality

3, Dec 2010

In November, C0mmunications Minister Ed Vaizey decided that net neutrality wasn’t a good thing, and that small businesses, hobbyists and non-profit sites should be sidelined by a two tier Internet. A few days later, he tried to squirm out of that stance, claiming he’d been misquoted, but by then Mr Vaizey’s card has been marked [...]

Yahoo Sign Beckham for the World Cup

14, Jun 2010

After a career at illustrious clubs such as Manchester United, Real Madrid, LA Galaxy and two stints at AC Milan, David Beckham has signed a lucrative contract with another giant – Yahoo! This move is the latest in Yahoo’s $100m brand marketing campaign, and will see the England player with most advert appearances notch up [...]

Microsoft steps up advertising campaign in a bid to attract Google users.

9, Mar 2010

With a tag line of “Bing and Decide” Microsoft aim to show customers how different their search engine is companied to the others and say it functions more like a “decision engine”. There is certainly a bit of a dig at Google as they show people suffering from information overload and total chaos with search [...]

Five SEO Misconceptions the SEO Industry Needs to Address

23, Oct 2009

It’s probably going to come as no great surprise to you that sometimes people just don’t get SEO. It’s this lack of understanding that leads people label us as spammers, evildoers and opportunists (sound familiar, Mr. Powazek?). I’m not interested in what certain angry bloggers have to say though – I’m interested in the misconceptions my clients have. And before I tackle them, I need to identify them.

GeoCities RIP

22, Oct 2009

By 2001 GeoCities was losing both money and popularity, so it came as no surprise when it saw a massive 24% drop in visitors in the 12 months leading up to March 2009. Sadly GeoCities is finally due to close on the 26th October 2009.


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